[CQ-Contest] WPX Rules FAQ

Mon Mar 16 02:32:19 PDT 2009

I feel the "one transmitter" concept is not clear or leaves a lot of room
for interpretation.

Take MS rules.

" Only one transmitter and one band permitted during a 10-minute period.
Exception: One—and only one—other band may be used during a 10-minute period
if—and only if—the station worked is a new multiplier."

So why not say that "Only one signal in the air at any time and one
band..."? Does "one transmitter" mean that only one station (meaning one
transceiver)? We all know that top Multi Op stations often use two stations
per band but limit it to one signal in the air at a time. Top MS and M2
stations are not using just 2 stations also the rules keep talking about two
transmitters.

So should "transmitter" in any case be interpreted as one signal in the air
and endless number of station setups to produce this one signal at a time on
different segments of the band?

If so (which I believe is a common interpretation) why MM rules say "No
limit to transmitters but only one transmitted signal per band"? All
categories should have no limits to transmitters in that sense.

73
Tonno
ES5TV

-----Original Message-----
From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of W0MU Mike Fatchett
Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 1:43 AM
To: 'Robert Naumann'; cq-contest at contesting.com
Cc: 'Randy Thompson K5ZD'
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] WPX Rules FAQ

Yep I read the rules wrong.  For some reason I thought you could have a
multiplier station working stations on the same band at the same time the
run station was running.  Which I did not think was allowed and is not.
Thus the reasons we use transmitter lockouts.  

My apologies for the bandwidth.

The Faq looks great! 

Time to get some brain food.  What is the first thing that starts to go
again......

"A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you may
never get over." Ben Franklin
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Naumann [mailto:w5ov at w5ov.com] 
Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2009 5:24 PM
To: 'W0MU Mike Fatchett'
Cc: 'Randy Thompson K5ZD'
Subject: RE: [CQ-Contest] WPX Rules FAQ

Mike,

You are mixing the multi-single rules in with multi-multi rules and the two
are completely different.

The multi-multi rule says "only one transmitted signal (and running station)
allowed per band at any time". This precludes more than one signal per band
so your run / multi-mult on one band scenario is prohibited.

For multi-single, in addition to one running station on only one band, you
are also allowed to have *one* multiplier station on *one other band* and
that band must be different from the band on which your running station is
running. Clear? The mult station, on that other band is only permitted to
work new multipliers. It may transmit at the same time as the run station
(which is on a different band) only to work multipliers.

So if that mult station on the second band starts logging non-multipliers,
it's behaving as if it was a running station. The multi-single rules already
preclude a second running station. If this occurs, the multi-single is
acting as a multi-multi and can be reclassified as such as a potential
penalty. A DQ is possible also.

Quote from the FAQ: (note the restriction of "a second band" on the
multiplier station).

"The multi-single category rules have a long history and are not easy to
understand. The category allows only one transmitter and one band during a
10 minute period. But, there is an exception that allows a second band to be
used only to work multipliers. This is often called the multiplier station."

73,

Bob W5OV

-----Original Message-----
From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of W0MU Mike Fatchett
Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2009 5:05 PM
To: 'Randy Thompson K5ZD'; cq-contest at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] WPX Rules FAQ

One question:

>From the FAQ:

Can the run station and the multiplier station transmit at the same time?

    Yes, but only if the multiplier station is calling a new multiplier.
The multiplier station can not be used to solicit QSOs (call CQ) or hold a
frequency.

    If we see evidence during the log checking that a multiplier station is
being used to solicit QSOs (for example, by having many contacts on the same
frequency), the log may be reclassified to the multi-multi category.

>From the Rules:

allowed is 1500 watts total output.
(c) Multi-Transmitter (MULTI-MULTI): No limit to transmitters, but only one
transmitted signal (and running station) allowed per band at any time. Use a
separate serial number sequence for each band. Maximum power allowed is 1500
watts total output

The way I read this is that you can have one run station per band and as
many mult transmitters per band as you like.  So you could have 1, 2 or 12
transmitted signals on the same band as long as one was the run station and
transmitters 2-12 were all working new mults at the same time.  Yes I know
the odds of having a station with that many transmitters and finding twelve
mults is far fetched.

In the MM category you are not allowed to had two run stations, in the MS
category the rules say:

    "If we see evidence during the log checking that a multiplier station is
being used to solicit QSOs (for example, by having many contacts on the same
frequency), the log may be reclassified to the multi-multi category."

If you can only have one run station, how can you reclassify the log to MM
when two run stations are not allowed there either?  Would this not be a DQ?

Other than this the FAQ is clear and easy to understand.  

Mike W0MU

"A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you may
never get over." Ben Franklin -----Original Message-----
From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Randy Thompson K5ZD
Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 9:24 PM
To: cq-contest at contesting.com
Subject: [CQ-Contest] WPX Rules FAQ

At the risk of inciting the cq-contest reflector lawyers in this period of
low sunspots. (smiley thing here), I have created an FAQ page for the WPX
SSB/CW contests.  I went through my correspondence over the past year and
tried to cover all of the various questions about the rules that have been
submitted.

http://www.cqwpx.com/rules_faq.htm

Let me know if you have any other questions about the WPX contest rules.

Only 12 days until the CQ WPX SSB contest!

Randy, K5ZD

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